Background

Mr. Roy S. Roberts serves as an Emergency Manager at Detroit Public Schools. Previously, Mr. Roberts serves as the Chief Financial Officer at Magnum Sports & Entertainment. He served as a Managing Director at Reliant Equity Investors. He served as a Group Vice President for North American Vehicle Sales, Service and Marketing at General Motors Corporation (Motors Liquidation Company) from October 1998 to April 2000. Mr. Roberts served as Vice President and General Manager ... in charge of Field Sales, Service and Parts for the Vehicle Sales, Service and Marketing Group of General Motors Corporation from August 1998 to October 1998, General Manager of the Pontiac-GMC Division from February 1996 to October 1998, and General Manager of the GMC Truck Division from October 1992 to February 1996. He first joined General Motors Corporation in 1977 and became a Corporate Officer of General Motors Corporation in April 1987. Mr. Roberts served as Manufacturing Manager of General Motors Corporation's North American Operations Flint Automotive Division from 1992 and Manufacturing Manager of its Cadillac Motor Car Division from 1990 to 1992. From 1988 to 1990, he served as Vice President and General Manager, Truck Operations for Navistar International Corporation. Prior to his 23-year career with General Motors, Mr. Roberts spent 17 years with the Aerospace division at Lear-Siegler Corporation serving in a variety of positions in engineering, plant management, materials management, manufacturing, sales, personnel and labor relations. He has been a Director of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation since 1993. He has been an IndependnetDirector at AbbVie Inc. since January 1, 2013. He serves as a Director of Saginaw Holdings, Inc. He served as a Director of Abbott Laboratories from 1998 to April 29, 2011. He served as a Director of Enova Systems Inc. from May 2008 to January 20, 2012. Mr. Roberts served as a Director of Santa Fe Pacific Corporation since 1993. He is the Chair of Executive Committee of Education Achievement Authority Board of Eastern Michigan University. During his career, Mr. Roberts has also played leading roles in numerous social and civic organizations, previously heading NAACP organizations at the local level and serving on its Board of Directors. He serves as a Trustee Emeritus at Western Michigan University and served as President and President of the National Board of Directors for the Boy Scouts of America. Mr. Roberts served as a board member of the Morehouse School of Medicine, National Urban League, United Negro College Fund, and the Aspen Institute. He earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Western Michigan University and completed several graduate courses at Western Michigan University and Wayne State University. Mr. Roberts completed the Executive Development Program at Harvard Business School and the General Motors Advanced International General Management Program in Switzerland. Mr. Roberts has Honorary Doctorate from Florida A & M University and Grand Valley State University.

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